Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] [vb past] that [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slooten 's work showed that female Hector 's dolphins begin breeding between 7 and 9 years of age , and rarely live longer than 18 years . |
| 2 | ‘ Aw for gawd 's sake shut that bloody trap of yours , will yer ? |
| 3 | Hen birds store sperm until the eggs need to be fertilised : the male 's behaviour ensured that this store was at least partially emptied before he inseminated the female , thereby giving himself a better chance to fertilise the eggs . |
| 4 | Last year the workshop session that followed Mr Barker 's presentation revealed that most publishers appeared to know very little about the financial realities of retailing . |
| 5 | Critics of the administration 's policy claimed that some Haitians who had fled the country a second time , after being repatriated in 1991 , had given evidence of persecution in interviews to UN officials . |
| 6 | Darwin 's argument emphasized that sexual selection depends on the ‘ success of certain individuals over others of the same sex in relation to the propagation of the species ’ . |
| 7 | The King 's Fund found that good projects involved families in the planning of services and built them in to the system in such a way that they felt their important role was appreciated . |
| 8 | Pieda 's report found that 56,000 jobs outside the Scotch whisky industry depend on the jobs of 15,000 employed directly by the big Scotch concerns . |
| 9 | Vander Schaaf 's report stated that senior officials in charge of the inquiry had " allowed their concern for the Navy to obscure the need to determine accountability for the misconduct " . |
| 10 | The parties to Miss Calder 's application agreed that this issue should be decided as a preliminary issue in her case as well and that we should decide the two issues at the same time . |
| 11 | Shekhar 's visit confirmed that good relations had been fully restored . |
| 12 | As we saw in the last chapter , a study in William Dement 's laboratory verified that external stimuli could indeed be incorporated into dreams during REM sleep . |
| 13 | The Public Prosecutor 's office said that neither brother was on the list of those who had been detained and were facing charges . |
| 14 | Serbia immediately declared the proclamation illegal ( it was later supported in this assessment by the federal government and the federal Collective State Presidency ) , and the Pristina public prosecutor 's office announced that criminal charges would be brought against those Assembly deputies involved . |
| 15 | The USSR Supreme Soviet 's Presidium declared the actions of the SCSE illegal on Aug. 21 , and the Procurator General 's office announced that criminal proceedings for high treason had been instigated against members of the committee . |
| 16 | Cooper , at the inaugural meeting of the Stratford Ratepayers ' Association argued that high rates were forcing manufacturers to leave the district , necessarily increasing levels of unemployment ( SE 25 March 22 ) . |
| 17 | Mayhew and Longuet-Higgins ' theory established that binocular viewing of an extended surface introduces differential vertical perspective cues that vary with the distance to the surface . |